ldap search problem.

Andrew Meng

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Feb 5, 2010, 2:02:26 PM2/5/10

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Hello,

LDAP search failed to return any result but I can get the result back using the same base and filter in ldp.exe. Here is the code:

!/usr/bin/perl

use Net::LDAP;

$ldap = Net::LDAP->new("server", port =>389) or die 'Could not contact LDAP server';

$ldap->bind("cn=id,DC=aa,DC=bb", password=>"password") or die 'Could not bind';

$mesg = $ldap->search(filter=>"(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(sn=name))",
base=> "DC=aa,DC=bb", attrs=> ['sAMAccountName'] );

@entries = $mesg->entries;

foreach $entry (@entries) {
@attrs = $entry->attributes();
foreach $attr (@attrs) {
printf("\t%s: %s\n", $attr, $entry->get_value($attr));
}
}

$ldap->unbind;

Does anyone know what is wrong?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Andrew

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Clément OUDOT

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Feb 7, 2010, 9:57:18 AM2/7/10

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>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> LDAP search failed to return any result but I can get the result back
> using the same base and filter in ldp.exe. Here is the code:
>
>
>
> !/usr/bin/perl
>
>
> use Net::LDAP;
>
>
>
> $ldap = Net::LDAP->new("server", port =>389) or die 'Could not contact
> LDAP server';
>
> $ldap->bind("cn=id,DC=aa,DC=bb", password=>"password") or die 'Could not
> bind';
>
>
>
> $mesg =
> $ldap->search(filter=>"(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(sn=name))",
> base=> "DC=aa,DC=bb", attrs=> ['sAMAccountName'] );
>
>
>
> @entries = $mesg->entries;
>
>
>
> foreach $entry (@entries) {
> @attrs = $entry->attributes();
> foreach $attr (@attrs) {
> printf("\t%s: %s\n", $attr, $entry->get_value($attr));
> }
> }
>
>
> $ldap->unbind;
>
>
>
>
>
> Does anyone know what is wrong?

You should maybe set the scope in you search method.

Cl�ment.

acon...@comcast.net

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Feb 7, 2010, 2:34:54 PM2/7/10

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I keep getting your email traffic, can you delete me??

thanks,

Clément.

Graham Barr

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Feb 8, 2010, 10:00:47 AM2/8/10

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On Feb 5, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Andrew Meng wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> LDAP search failed to return any result but I can get the result back using the same base and filter in ldp.exe. Here is the code:
>
>
>
> !/usr/bin/perl
>
>
> use Net::LDAP;
>
>
>
> $ldap = Net::LDAP->new("server", port =>389) or die 'Could not contact LDAP server';
>
> $ldap->bind("cn=id,DC=aa,DC=bb", password=>"password") or die 'Could not bind';

That line is wrong. bind will ALWAYS return true as it returns a message object. You must check the status code in the object

Graham.

Sheahan, John

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Feb 8, 2010, 12:41:33 PM2/8/10

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Your base needs to change to the exact container that you want to search or you can change your base to something higher up in the tree that encompasses the container you want to search in.

Perhaps if you change your base to one level up, it might work for you:

Try this: base=> "DC=bb"

From: Andrew Meng [mailto:ml...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 12:29 PM
To: Sheahan, John; perl...@perl.org
Subject: RE: ldap search problem.

John,

It turns out to be a "user not found" error(error code 525). In ldp.exe, I need to specify the Windows domain name during the bind operation. So my follow-up question is how I specify the Windows domain in which that id was?

I try:

$ldap->bind("id@mydomain<mailto:id@mydomain>", password=>"password") or die 'Could not bind';
$ldap->bind("mydomain\id", password=>"password") or die 'Could not bind';

none is working.

Thanks a lot,
Andrew

> From: John.S...@priceline.com
> To: ml...@hotmail.com
> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 22:47:04 -0500
> Subject: RE: ldap search problem.
>
> It looks just like the code I am using which works.
>
> Try adding this and see if you get any error messages:
>
> $ldap->debug(12);

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Andrew Meng

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Feb 8, 2010, 12:28:49 PM2/8/10

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John,

It turns out to be a "user not found" error(error code 525). In ldp.exe, I need to specify the Windows domain name during the bind operation. So my follow-up question is how I specify the Windows domain in which that id was?

I try:

$ldap->bind("id@mydomain", password=>"password") or die 'Could not bind';

none is working.

Thanks a lot,

Andrew

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